Plein air

Next Year, plein air Plein air oil painting Alert Bay. Oils on canvas 10×10 2017 This was the starting point for Next Year studio painting. Related Works Fishing Boats, Steveston Harbour Mexican Restaurant, Powell River Foxgloves Over The Lake

Shadows in La Quinta Oils on canvas panel, alla prima, palette knife, plein air painting 2016 12 x 8 inches La Quinta near Palm Springs, CA, USA. Palm trees and their shadows as the sun moves quickly in real time. Quick study done in about one hour. Related Works Green Trawler & Reflection Seaplane at

Orange House, La Quinta Oils on canvas panel, alla prima, palette knife, plein air painting 2016 12 x 8 inches La Quinta near Palm Springs, CA, USA. Quick study done in about one hour. Related Works Green Trawler & Reflection Seaplane at Shinglemill Boatyard, Steveston Village

Reliant Plein air oil painting in Gibsons fishing harbour. Oils on canvas 9×12 2015 I pulled my folding stool up close and personal to this lovely rusty old tugboat and captured it as best I could with my oils. Exciting to work with oils out in the field! 2015 PAINT OUT We were fortunate to

Tugboats in Gibsons Harbour Plein air oil painting in Gibsons fishing harbour. Oils on canvas 12×9 2015 Related Works Green Trawler & Reflection Seaplane at Shinglemill Boatyard, Steveston Village

Puerto Vallarta plein air scenes 2015 Puerto Vallarta Cathedral, Mexico Loose and juicy! Plein air painting Waxy China marker, watercolors on watercolour paper 15 x 11 inches, quarter sheet Fabriano 300 paper 2015 Centro Cultural, Puerto Vallarta Waxy China marker, watercolors on watercolour paper 2015 The handsome but seemingly abandoned Centro Cultural on the island

British Columbia plein air paintings Molly’s Reach, plein air painting At Jan Poynter’s wonderful Paint Out 2014 event, I finally gave it a whirl trying to capture our famous Molly’s Reach restaurant in watercolors. It was the home of The Beachcomber’s TV show which ran for 19 seasons. Here’s some tourists taking pictures of the

Cool Courtyard San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, plein air watercolor painting Waxy China marker, watercolors on watercolour paper 2014 This lovely cool courtyard by the SMA Starbucks near El Jardin offered a great place to sit in the shade and paint… as well as handy and sometimes hard to find public toilets. Cowboy Balladeers by

Outdoor Lavanderia, Mexico Oils on canvas panel, alla prima, plein air painting 2014 12 x 16 inches Just around the corner from where we stayed in San Miguel de Allende is the public outdoor lavanderia just below the stairs leading uphill to the historical El Chorro building. This was my first real plein air painting